It’s been a long day – starting in Indiana a bit west of Indianapolis and ending in Kansas a b1t west of Topeka. You can tell it was a long day when I say that the first words I heard were from the satnav saying ‘stay on the I70 for 200 miles’ which only got…
Category: USA trip
Mostly on the road – Day 14
It’s been a long day and I’ve covered a lot of miles. But I also met someone I have only previously ‘met’ on social media. Hope to see her again soon – at the Bird Fair, I hope. Let me take you back nearly, but not quite, two weeks to when I picked up this…
What a hoot – Day 13
The ospreys, herring gull, turnstone and swallows could have been in Scotland – even the brood of goosander ducklings and the distant great northern diver could have been Scotland, but these were common merganser ducklings and a common loon. And they were with hooded merganser, spotted sandpiper, ring-billed gull and purple martin so we were…
A memorable Memorial Day – Day 12
Today has been a holiday here in the USA just like back in the UK. Here it is Memorial Day where those who fell in battle are remembered. There are stars and stripes all over – and I like that. Remembrance Day in the UK, with its poppies, is moving, but the only time you…
Penn sylvania – Day 11
Pennsylvania isn’t named after the Penns for nothing – and nor is it called sylvania for nothing. It’s full of trees. It’s the most tree-rich state I have seen so far. As I drove up the Allegheny river’s course there were trees everywhere. Trees and rivers. It’s May and so the mayflies are flying. Here…